Don't know if the GoT showrunners were told to kill off as many characters as possible in Season 6 by GRRM, or if they are just really bloodthirsty and want to get rid of any loose character threads? - 7 months ago

As many of you have already seen on the front page, Sony is teasing a new project that a lot of people are hoping is Jak and Daxter. This would be the fulfillment of a dream that I've had for at least eight years so far if it actually happened. However, I cannot believe that what the image implies is going to be a brand new Jak and Daxter and I'm more convinced that it will be a new Ratchet and Clank instead.

Sorry old friends, but I'm afraid we have to wait a little longer before our true reunion.

Let me start off by stating how huge of a fan I am of Jak and Daxter. The Precursor Legacy was the first game I ever played when I got my PS2 back in 2002. I played it for so long that I still remember the bloodshot eyes I had when I looked in the mirror after I was done playing. I first heard about the sequel when I saw the trailer at a demo kiosk at Circuit City and was blown away when I heard Jak speaking for the first time and saw the guns being introduced to the series. I was in love with the game when I bought it after begging my mom since she was hesitant about getting me a T rated game at the time. Jak II remains one of the most difficult games I've ever played, and yet it is always up there as one of my favorites since hard missions like throwing bombs into eco wells or getting out of the water slums when the Krimzon Guard raids it are always balanced out by the Tomb of Mar and the great of plot of the game.

Jak 3 has been another one of my greatest memories as the Wasteland was introduced along with new gun mods and weapon upgrades. The game also introduced my namesake when Jak gained the power to go into Light Eco mode. Those abilities were unfortunately not made into prominent gameplay elements (despite after their introductions and flying late in the game), however I could not believe how epic each one was whenever I used them. The game ended the original trilogy on a high note and helped solidify Jak and Daxter as my favorite gaming franchise of all time. In total, I've played the original trilogy at least 5 times by now and platinumed them on PS3.

After all of the years went by and Naughty Dog moved on to Uncharted, I never gave up hope that someday they would return to Jak and Daxter. I would always get frustrated by the people who overlooked Jak and Daxter when they talked about Naughty Dog or Ready at Dawn. The games were amazingly creative and I was hoping more people would remember them given that the opening line of the IGN Jak 3 review literally said,

"If you like games, you'll buy this immediately or we'll come to your house and beat you to death."

I even joined the official Jak 4 facebook group dedicated to getting Jak 4. We never gave our hopes up that our dream of seeing a brand new Jak game (not counting the Lost Frontier) would finally come to fruition.

Which brings me to why I don't believe the teaser image is related to Jak and Daxter

The most popular theory among Jak enthusiasts is that this is actually a Rift Gate like the one that sent Jak to the future in Jak 2. While I give credit to the fact that it does look a lot like a Rift Gate, I don't believe that it is the case with this given two very prominent things.

The first is that if it was a Rift Gate, it would need to have Precursor markings on it like this

The markings around the Rift Gate don't match up with the teaser image and there does not appear to be anything similar to Precursor writing on the teaser image.

The second part is that the teaser image shows a clear background of space. When I think of two heroes in space on Playstation, I have to think of Ratchet and Clank. Put in the fact that this tweet was sent to Insomniac, this makes me very confident that this teaser game is Ratchet and Clank. Also there are more rumors that it's going to be called Into the Nexus given that a PSN user on Neogafgot a screen cap of a person from Insomniac Games playing an unknown game called Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus.

So even though this project is likely not Jak and Daxter, I am still not giving up hope about seeing a true Jak and Daxter sequel. I've been patient for years and I'll still be patient when I'm playing this new Ratchet and Clank game.

Whenever a quality animated show gets cancelled prematurely, it always frustrates me to see that such amazing cartoons are not getting the fate that they deserve. So you could imagine that it was a very upsetting day when I found out that two of the best shows cartoon Network, Young Justice and Green Lantern were both being cancelled after only two seasons. I've put up with Cartoon Network's actions for a while now and I know a lot of other people who have as well. But I believe it is the time to express my opinion on why they need to stop focusing on the bottom line and focus on quality when it comes to which cartoons to renew or not.

The 90's were the period that the channel began to shine and offered great original shows. But there were two shows that defined the channel for the best. The first one was Dexter's Laboratory which focused on child prodigy Dexter and his annoying sister Dee Dee and the second one is the Powerpuff Girls Dexter's lab helped launch the careers of many well known cartoon creators such as Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, Seth Macfarlene, and Butch Hartman. The best part about these shows was that they did not only appeal to one group of people and that they could be enjoyed by anyone. I would admit to anyone that I liked watching a show about kindergarten girls with super powers and that's not something people usually brag about. Episodes such as when Mojo babysits the girls still make me laugh to this day after seeing it over a decade ago.

When the new millennium began, Cartoon Network continued to offer great shows that appealed to all ages such as Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Samurai Jack. Kids Next Door would always manage to keep me entertained about over the top plots and Billy and Mandy always provided either laughs or gross outs. Samurai Jack was in a league of its own when it came to the animation, action and story. The battles between Jack and Aku's minions blew me away with each scene providing top of the line animated combat that never failed to disappoint. Any person could get hooked on these shows and not be afraid of believing the shows would only be enjoyable to little kids.

Toonami became a signature of Cartoon Network and the amazing anime and action shows they featured. Toonami introduced to world to some of the best anime ever such as Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, Naruto, and Bobobo-Bo-Bobo among others. The block also featured great action shows as well such as the always hysterical Megas XLR which was cut short after two seasons, Justice League, Transformers, and Teen Titans. Toonami was always a must watch for me whenever it was on and left a cultural imprint on any dedicated viewer. One of my favorite moments was when they aired a month of Hayao Miyazaki movies who is revered as the Japanese Walt Disney and the founder of Studio Ghibli which did the animations for the new videogame Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. For a person like me who had hardly ever heard of any of these movies, I was blown away by the animation quality that the movies had and the captivating stories that each one told. I owe Toonami for my love of Miyazaki's work and I will never forget that.

Sadly, Cartoon Network saw itself decline over the recent years after the departure of former president Jim Samples and Stuart Snyder replaced him. Toonami was eventually cancelled and the shows became less engaging to all audiences as they previously were and mostly consisted of Flash animated cartoons.The channel focused on reality shows such as Brain Rush, Destroy, Build, Destroy, Bobb'e Says, Hole in the Wall, and Dude, What Would Happen? These shows were a far cry from the original Cartoon Network as they were just cheap attempts at cashing in on ratings. The bottom line became more important than good shows and if a show did not produce enough toy sales like Ben 10 and Ninjago or wasn't flash based like Johnny Test, Total Drama, Almost Naked Animals, and Scaredy Squirrel, you could bet that it would be ending within the next year. There were however a few diamonds in the rough during these years such as Chowder, The Secret Saturdays, the Thundercats reboot, and Sym-Bionic Titan. Even though Chowder and The Secret Saturdays both had respectable series finales, most of these shows were terminated before they could even finish their main plots. Titan and Thundercats were cancelled before they could finish and Generator Rex had its final episodes put on itunes instead of being shown on the channel. Titan was reportedly cancelled due to it lacking a toy line which should not be the focus for whether or not a show should be continued.

Cartoon Network has been steadily going downhill with the focus on reality and flash based cartoons instead of action and engaging shows. The channel needs to take some steps if it wants to gain its reputation back. First off, end any attempts at reality shows. You know why MTV is nowhere near the quality of what it was decades ago? It's because they forgot about music and focused on reality exploitation shows. No person talks about Jersey Shore and Sixteen and pregnant as classic shows along the lines of 90's MTV. All those reality shows I mentioned on Cartoon Network above have all been cancelled and even heavily promoted shows like Level Up have seen its ratings decline to half of the premiere episode. Cartoon Network has to go back to its roots in order to gain back the fan base that built it years ago and the same type of quality shows can create a new fan base to sustain the channel. Secondly, the channel has to take more risks when creating shows and give them more time to bloom. The action shows are ones that bring together any audience and should be considered more heavily over others. But action alone cannot make the show a success unless the story is equally up to par. Chop-Socky-Chooks had somewhat decent action moments, but it was all ruined by the cliche characters and the villains who acted too predictably incompetent. When we think of shows like Sym-Bionic Titan or Young Justice, it is too cruel to end them after the work and dedication into them when the end of one episode pulls you in and keeps you begging for more. When we care more about the characters than the action, it shows how great the writing is on the show. Also why would you bother creating a DC Nation block after pulling the only shows associated with it. Teen Titans Go looks horrible since they won't be fighting crime as often and Beware the Batman doesn't look as though it can pull together old and new Batman fans the way other shows like Batman Beyond could.

There's some hope for getting the good old show back. Toonami has returned to Adult Swim on Saturday nights and Sym-Bionic Titan and Thundercats are both airing episodes there. Still, shows like these need and deserve a bigger audience than the people who manage to stay up at midnight.

Even though some good cartoons are still on such as Adventure Time and Regular Show, Cartoon Network still needs to look at itself and think of what kind of channel it wants to be remembered as in the future. It could be remembered as the channel that brought us classics like Samurai Jack, Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, and Kid's Next Door. Or it could be the channel too focused on the bottom line, toys, and wants to use Annoying Orange as its mascot.

(note: I Know I didn't mention A LOT of other cartoons on the channel, these were just the ones that had the greatest impact on me so feel free to discuss in the comments.)

Oddworld Inhabitants is one of the companies in the video game industry that has always managed to come up with some of the most creative ideas ever seen for games. Unfortunately, they are not the type of company that can afford having a Money fight. They've been developing HD remakes of previous games and went purely digital so that they can get more revenue which all goes to making more games. Now they want to hear from the fans about what type of game they want to make and each choice is very different from the last.

The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot: The game Oddworld was working on before they temporarily shut down the studio. It's the story of a sheepherder who's home country is taken over by the Russian like Cat Mafia and forced into gladiator matches. He gets infected with rabies and manages to escape and vows to reclaim his homeland. This page has some concept old concept art http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/The_Brutal_Ballad_of_Fangus_Klot

Squeek's Oddysee: The game is the third in the official quintology (Behind Abe and Munch's Oddysee). It involves Squeek who is on the bottom of the Oddworld food chain and who uses a parasite called Brain slurgs to possess others.

Stranger's Wrath 2: A sequel to the original Stranger's Wrath.

Munch's Exoddus: A sequel to Munch's Oddysee showing how he brings back the Gabbits.

The Hand of Odd: A realtime strategy game where you get to play as either the tree huggers (Mudokons) or Land Muggers (Glukkons). Old beta footage can be found here Hand of Odd Beta.

Sligstorm: A smaller title that would focus on an albino slig who would be executed due to his complexion.

The reason why I decided to post this was because there are too few chances for the fans to influence the next title a company makes. Ever since it came out of hibernation, Oddworld has focused on doing everything they can to please the fans of its franchise and I wanted every Oddworld fan to be able to know and choose what game they want. So if you want to vote, do so right here Vote for Next Oddworld Title

P.S. Don't bother asking about whether the HD releases of Stranger's wrath and Munch's Oddysee will come to Xbox Live, they won't due to the amount of red tape Microsoft put up.

The Playstation Store has very huge potential to be one of the biggest online catalogs of games that can rival the likes of Steam. Even though there are many games that are already in the store, there are still very great games and franchises that still aren't there yet. It would be the perfect time to try and release HD upgrades for all the fans of those games who want to see sequels. So here's the games that the Playstation Store definitely needs to have in the near future.

Grand Theft Auto Series

Even though some of the games are there, most of the PS2 classics that made the franchise what it was aren't there. These games have been some of the most critically successful titles in the history of videogames. They defined the open sandbox world and were responsible for hundreds of hours of cable news controversy and virtual hooker hit and runs. Put these titles on the Playstation Store and I guarantee they'll skyrocket to top downloads in 1 hour.

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts1, 2, and BBS are all playstation exclusives that remain classics. Despite the convoluted stories, I'm sure we can all agree that we had fun whacking enemies with the keyblade and playing in worlds from Disney movies we saw when we were kids. They could all use a coat of paint with 720p, but at the very least HAVE SKIPABLE CUTSCENES IN THE FIRST GAME!!!! I can't tell you how annoying it was to watch a 10 minute scene when fighting Ansem possessed Riku.

Dark Cloud

The games were what put Level 5 on the map in the first place. The first game has a very simple story about saving the world from Dark Genie while the second has completely new characters. And speaking of Level 5...

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Like all Level 5 games, it has a simple story but lots of charm. You play as the mute nameless hero who tries to help his king and princess daughter to change back to normal after and evil jester steals a dark scepter and transforms them into a goblin like creature and a horse. Everything is so simple and yet so enjoyable such as seeing brand new areas and even the hidden area after you beat the game ( I still tear up a little after hearing what happened to the hero's parents). You put in a lot of effort to level up but it's all worth in the end, I can't tell you how frustrating it is to encounter a King Metal Slime and then have them run away during their first move.

Viewtiful Joe

These games are have amazingly creative and have huge appeal to everyone. You play as Joe who can slow down or fast forward time while in the movie world. These games deserve to be on the store and there has to be a 3rd game made despite the fact clover leaf studios was dissolved. They could make a tv show for the series but not one more game?!

Psychonauts

The cult favorite game from Double Fine studios has been released on virtually every other online market but not the Playstation store. We all know this game deserves a sequel and it's time for this game to be released for Playstation fans who missed it when it launched. The script is still as hysterical as it ever was and there's nothing like lighting things on fire with your mind. I'm not giving up on a sequel to Psychonauts, just like I'm not giving up on a sequel to Dead Head Fred.

These are my choices for games that need to come to the store. Feel free to comment on what else should be there.

It's been reported that the Thundercats reboot is being targeted for cancellation since there hasn't been any indication it will be renewed. This is a huge disappointment since the show is one of the best cartoons I've seen in the past few years. This is also starting to become a trend with Cartoon Network deciding to leave behind shows with great potential. The first disappointment I've had is when they ended The Secret Saturdays after 1 season. I didn't give it much chance at first, but the characters and the story started to rub on me and it was getting gradually better as time went on. Unfortunately their time was cut short and they ended the show, but they had a final battle with Argost which gave me a sense of closure since most things were wrapped up.

But then Sym-Bionic Titan came to Cartoon Network in 2010 and I instantly loved it. The show was created by award winning Genndy Tartakovsky who was at the top of his game in this show. First off the story and script were solid. Even if you thought the plot of 2 alien teens and a robot escape to Earth is cliche, the character work was really well done and nobody was one-dimensional. The high school setting is one of the most spot on portrayals of typical teen life I've ever seen in animated form and showed off way more than a typical fight between cliques. The animation has got to have been one of most astounding things on tv that it could rival something from Studio Ghibli in terms of quality. I remember watching one episode set in the swamp, and every little detail was so completely believable that it didn't feel only like a backdrop and that everything I saw was living and breathing.

Sadly, the show ended up getting cancelled after only 20 episodes and Genndy left for Sony Animation to do some translvania hotel movie. Even though the ratings were pretty good, the show couldn't get a toy deal and that doomed it. That idea of everything needing toys for extra money is dooming some of the greatest shows Cartoon Network has ever put on. Even a show with good ratings and a good toy deal like Generator Rex still couldn't save it from cancellation and the final 4 episodes haven't been shown on TV yet!!

This business model has to change if quality shows are going to come back to Cartoon Network. There is still some hope though. Toonami came back after 4 years on the Saturday Adult Swim block. Even though it doesn't have its former glory now, higher ratings will definitely allow them to pick up more and better shows. The time slots has to change in that King of the Hill should probably be removed and allow other CN shows to come on at late night for older teens to see. CN should allow reruns of older shows to come on at that time and gauge enthusiasm from fans based on the ratings. The old business model of money trumping creativity and innovation in animation has to end if Cartoon Network wants to be taken more seriously, and putting on an Annoying Orange show is definitely not helping!